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JDPriestly

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10. I remember when a lot of subjects were generally taboo.

Reply to midnight (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 06:11 PM

Apr 2013

Sex in GP movies even between married people.

Child abuse of various kinds.

Inequality.

Discrimination of all kinds.

Venereal disease.

Birth control.

Abortion.

All kinds of topics were utterly off limits. People were not safer for it.

Knowledge is power. If you want to weaken people, you deprive them of knowledge, of information.

That is what the "national security state" is all about. Weakening citizens.

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Guardian Reporter: Bradley Manning Treatment Has "Scared" Other U.S. [View all] midnight Mar 2013 OP

Well, Obama never said that he will stand by whistleblowers, did he? idwiyo Mar 2013 #1

Actually, Obama did promise to protect Whistleblowers FairWinds Mar 2013 #2

Well gee whizzz 90-percent Mar 2013 #3

Yes the serfs have Iphones, but their operation is at the whim of the elite. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #4

I'm 58 and I fully expect to see much of the worse. AAO Mar 2013 #6

Wasn't that the purpose? Silence the whistleblowers. I guess it worked. AAO Mar 2013 #5

Its pretty obvious LiberalLovinLug Mar 2013 #7

So if you want to silence those who would speak the truth JDPriestly Apr 2013 #8

Good point, ignorance is a greater safety issue... midnight Apr 2013 #9

I remember when a lot of subjects were generally taboo. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #10

Knowledge is power-Yes.... midnight Apr 2013 #11